Miami Herald Endorses Candidate Who Says She Was Taken By Space Aliens

Miami Herald Endorses Candidate Who Says She Was Taken By Space Aliens"Here's why we chose her: She's not crazy," the editorial page editor said about the GOP House contender.What planet are you from, Miami Herald?

The daily’s editorial board conceded that Rodriguez Aguilera “is an unusual candidate,” but agreed with her that her comments about her close encounter aren’t an issue in the race.

In 2009 interviews that the Herald reported on last October, Rodriguez Aguilera claimed she was taken into a ship at age 7 by blond space people who resembled the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, the paper said. They have telepathically communicated off and on since then, she claimed.

“I went in. There were some round seats that were there, and some quartz rocks that controlled the ship ― not like airplanes,” Rodriguez Aguilera said, according to the Herald.

Addressing more earthly concerns, The Herald wrote in its endorsement: “Her bona fides as a former elected official, and now a businesswoman who spends time in other countries training women to run for office are solid.”

Still, perhaps there was some explaining to do:

“Here’s why we chose her: She’s not crazy,” Herald editorial page editor Nancy Ancrum told The Washington Post. ”We chose not to see her as a two-dimensional figure. And we chose not to make that an overriding concern. We’re more thoughtful than that.”